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Description Author: Rapra Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-009-1 Munich, Germany, 30-31 January 2007 Summary This conference saw presentations from all parts of the electronics industry’s materials supply chain, from raw materials to finished products and offered an opportunity to learn more about both traditional and new polymer materials, their markets, manufacturing processes, and applications. It also covered the...
Description Author: Chellappa Chandrasekaran, Can C Consulting, Chennai, India ISBN 978-0-8155-1539-5 202 pages Summary The author, a seasoned rubber technologist of four decades, provides more than 180 essential rubber formularies, some of which have never been published, that are used by practitioners the world over on a frequent basis. A special feature of the formulations is...
Description Author: Geneva, Switzerland, 13-14 November 2003 ISBN 978-1-85957-369-3 pages 210 Summary Engineering or specialty elastomers are the stalwart materials of the rubber industry. They are high volume and medium priced elastomers, often employed in demanding applications, such as the automotive, industrial, medical and electrical industries. The Engineering Elastomers 2003 conference had an exciting series of...
Description Author: Ji-Huan He ISBN 978-1-84735-145-6 Smithers Rapra UpdatesSoft-backed, 152x229mm, 257 pages Summary This Update covers all aspects of electrospinning as used to produce Nanofibres. It contains an array of colour diagrams, mathematical models, equations and detailed references. It will be invaluable to anyone who is interested in using this technique and also to those interested...
Description Author: Martin J. Forrest ISBN 978-1-84735-079-4 Rapra Review ReportVol. 16, No. 6, Report 186, Soft-backed, 121 pages. Summary For many years, Smithers Rapra has carried out research projects for the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). This review report has, as its origin, an FSA project on coatings and inks that was carried out at Smithers Rapra...
Description Author: Wernfried Heilein, Director of Technical Marketing, Evonik Tego Chemical GmbH, Essen, Germany ISBN 978-3-86630-850-3 Hardbound, 240 Pages Summary This book offers an overview of the most important aspects and applications of additives for waterborne systems in diverse market segments. Wernfried Heilein helps to understand how additives work and elucidates all kinds of mechanisms in...
Description Author: W.C. Kuhlke ISBN 978-1-85957-238-2 Published: 2001Pages: 228 Summary In recent years, the plastics industry has undergone significant change due to company acquisitions and mergers. The scale of change means that it is crucial for all companies involved in the industry-manufacturers, suppliers and end-users-to have contemporary information on the major players in the marketplace. This...
Description Author: Natamai Subramanian Muralisrinivasan ISBN 9781847355508 Pages:164 Summary In recent years, PVC has penetrated markets once dominated by metals, it continues to grow in popularity with unique and dependable properties that can be used efficiently and produced economically. Because of the flexible to rigid formulations, the field of PVC is continually marked with technical innovations....
Description Author: W.O.E. Korver ISBN 0-8155-1449-2 Pages:442, Figures: 113, Tables: 34 Summary The purpose of this publication is to make readers aware of the explosion danger that may exist when they are involved in the use of flammable gases and liquids that are stored, processed, or transported in facilities with electrical wiring and equipment. Compliance with...
Description Author: Vannessa Goodship ISBN 978-1-85957-470-6 138 pages Summary Injection moulding is one of the most commonly used processing technologies for plastics materials. Proper machine set up, part and mould design, and material selection can lead to high-quality production. This review outlines common factors to check when preparing for injection mould components so that costly mistakes...
Description Author: Vikas Mittal (Editor) ISBN 978-3-527-32521-4 Hardcover440 pages Summary A one-stop resource for researchers and developers alike, this book covers a plethora of nanocomposite properties and their enhancement mechanisms.With contributors from industry as well as academia, each chapter elucidates in detail the mechanisms to achieve a certain functionality of the polymer nanocomposite, such as improved...
Description Author: Edited by C. Vasile and A.K. Kulshreshtha ISBN 1-85957-303-7 Summary The extraordinary growth in the use of plastics in the last century is in response to a growing world population, with its increasing demands for more food, better health care, improved housing and numerous cheaper and abundant consumer products. What is expected of...
Description Author: D.M. Brewis and I. Mathieson, Loughborough University ISBN 978-1-85957-323-5 pages: 132, figures: 9, tables: 12 Summary Polyolefins have many and varied applications. Polyethylene is the most widely used plastic and olefinic elastomers, such as natural rubber and styrene-butadiene copolymers, predominate in many key components such as tires. Many applications of polyolefins require good adhesion...
Description Author: Stuart G. Patrick ISBN 978-1-85957-472-0 Published: 2004pages: 176 Summary The PVC global market size in 2000 was around 25,400 kt. Pipes and fittings constitute the largest volume application at 36% of the marketplace with profiles at 13%. Thus, PVC is one of the most widely used plastics in the world. This overview covers the basics...
Description Author: S. Patrick ISBN 978-1-85957-511-6 Published: 2005Pages 162 Summary Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has been around since the late part of the 19th century, although it was not produced commercially until the 1920s; it is the second largest consumed plastic material after polyethylene. PVC products can be rigid or flexible, opaque or transparent, coloured, and insulating...
Description Author: Steven M. Kurtz ISBN 978-1-4377-4463-7 306 pages Summary PEEK biomaterials are currently used in thousands of spinal fusion patients around the world every year. Durability, biocompatibility and excellent resistance to aggressive sterilization procedures make PEEK a polymer of choice replacing metal in orthopedic implants, from spinal implants and hip replacements to finger joints and...
Description Author: Stuart Fairgrieve ISBN 978-1-84735-089-3 Rapra Review ReportVol. 16, No. 9, Report 189Soft-backed, 297 x 210 mm Summary Linear polyamides are one of the more important classes of polymeric materials, with wide application in the fields of fibres and plastics. In general, these polymers may be synthesised in one of two ways, either by the...
Description Author: Sidney H. Goodman ISBN 0-8155-1421-2 Pages: 525, Figures: 160, Tables: 165 Summary The Handbook of Thermoset Plastics is specifically aimed to help engineers, chemists, physicists, and students who need general, as well as technical, details concerning everything from historical data and terminology to highly specific curing and staging data. It is written so that...
Description Author: Ed., Shulamith Schlick ISBN 978-0-471-73189-4 pages 353, Hardcover Summary This one-of-a-kind book introduces the fundamentals of ESR to polymer scientists while focusing on the significance of recently advanced ESR methods for polymeric systems. The "Fundamentals" section provides information on ESR spectra, experimental techniques, and data analysis. The "Applications" section discusses such exciting recent developments...
Description Author: T. R. Crompton ISBN 978-1-84735-472-3 Available in July 2010 Format: Hard-backed Summary The oxidative and thermal degradation of polymers has very important implications on their suitability for particular end-user applications. Particularly in relation to their physical properties and the lifetime over which the manufactured article retains these properties, after which they become unsuitable...